Resilient vehicle-tire.



'W. M.NBVOTTI. EBSILIENT VEHICLE TIRE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1913 1,1 1 1, 1 71 Patented Sept. 22, 1914,

1 new wit-L AM NE QT QQF MA ITIEBRASKA' jnnsrmnur vEnIcLnrmn To sill whom it may (55mm! I i a Beit known that LQWILLIAM. M. Nnvorr a citizen of the United States, residing" at Omaha, in theqcounty, of'Douglas and State oftNebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient Yehicle- Tires, of which the following is a specifica-l Ntion, 1

i sist offe'w'partsso treadorouter faceb. 1 V l v At 1 1s indicated a circular band or binds ing-rim for the felly, said band being protioned, in detail.

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resilient vehicle tires, and has foryits princi-palobject to v.provide a tirewhich will con that it will be durable;

in wear and may be economically constructed, and having its parts soarrangedthat'; theywmaybe' conveniently assembled.

.Otheri objectsof the-invention will bemen- The inventlon struction," combination and "arrangement of 1 (parts as described herein-and claimed, and as illustratedin the drawing,

l z-pFigure 1 is a view of the the in transverse wherein,

section, a part of a wheel-spoke being added. Fig. 2 is an enlarged, broken view showing twoconnected parts ofia compression-rim; Fig. 3 is a side view, onya reducedscale,

vehicle wheel showing the segments of a, is a' view, partly in section and broken'away, showing a part of:

springshave Referring now, to the drawing fora more 9 the vehicle tire.

particular description, numerals Land 2 re; indicate the felly Land spokes of a vehicle wheel. The felly may be constructed f. of any suitable material ,butnpre ferably, wood is employed, and its sidesct-are formed spectively,

with annular recesses opening 'upon its vided with outwardly-projecting, parallel flangesor guides c. It has a width substan to the width of the curved face b of the felly and may be secured thereto by tially equal suitable keepers or screws 5. 1

I provide the bearing-rim 6, whic'hhas i. wardly-projecting, parallel flanges d adapt- 'cesses ed to loosely engage flanges 0 while disposed outwardly thereof and in alinement with re It is formed of connected seg ments 0, at least two segmentsbeing em ployed and preferably connected'byI means of hinge-members f and g and .pintle h threaded therein. a e y A tread 7 of any suitablematerial, but employed and preferably of rubber, is

e 8 v 1 that rims 8-may This invention relatesztoimprovements in:

A, Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 22, 9 I filed May 1 1913, 1 Serial NO- 764,807. A v i be secured thereon by means of compressionrims 8 engaging its sides, each of said rims 8 being formed on its inner side with a longitudinal ridge 1; adapted to engage within a groove j, said grooves j beingformed in the periphery of the bearing-rim 6 and in order the ends by turnthey are formed as segments, and of the segments are connected buckles 9. v 1 e a The resiliency of the tire, depends in part upon the longitudinal and transverse springs indicated, respectively at 10 and 11 secured upon rim 6 and adapted tobearu on band 1 Mfhile othen forms may be used are disposed longitudinally of -,the. tire and maybe secured to rim fi by use. ofbrackets ofai Springsll arev disposed transversely of the tire, and may be'secured to rim 6 byuse oflbrackets or staples 15. Bolts 16 may be be mounted in grooves j,

to staples 12, and the staples mountedgoutwardly upon rim 6, and it may i the leafk e y spr ngs shownsare preferred. Springs ;1() consists of the novel con: 1

employed for securing the staples to rim;6

and a block 17 is preferably used in connection with each of staples 16 and interposed between spring 11 and rim 6, since these a less length than springs 10: Toassemble the parts,*band 4: is firstsecured upon the. felly, and after the springs 10 and vll have been mounted upon the iseg- 1 ments of rim 6,the segments areconnected by use of the threaded pins h. The tire 7 is t hen mounted upon rim 6 and is secured 10 and 11 may be employed, andthey oper ate. to provide elasticity tending toprevent vibration when the vehicle wheel is in use.

In the arrangement of the springs, a spring 11 is interposed between each of springs 10, and since springs 11 are disposed transversely of the wheel, they tend to resist I the stresses'directed transversely of tire 7 h which often occurs when the wheel is pass ing over obstructions;

On accountof flanges d ,Inay slide inwardly of band 1 when the springs are compressed, this compression being occasioned'when the vehicle wheel passes over obstructions or a heavy weight is sustained by the tire and in order that this recess may be covered to prevent dust from accumulating therein, the flexible rims or annular dust-guards 18 are proby rims 8. Any desired number of springs the provision of recesses 3, i

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vided. Each dust-guard may be secured to the felly by screw-bolts 19, and is so disposed that its outer part may engage one of flanges (Z of rim 6. ever, that any considerable degree of friction will be occasioned by a contact of members 18 with flanges (Z, and in order that a suitable adjustment of these parts may be made, the sides of the telly are formed with" to be discharged by rims 8 is to prevent lat- 'eral movements of the tread 7 from its seat,

another function being to reinforce the segmental bearing-rim. By means of the turnbuc'kles, rims 8 may be pressed against rims 6, theri ges i being seated within grooves j. 11' account of the formation of annular recesses3, the telly may have a greater width than could be otherwise provided; and the sides of the telly, which project out wardly or transversely of the recesses, provide supports upon which'the dust-guards may be mounted. It will be seen that the dust-guards prevent obstructions from becoming lodged in the recesses, and this is of importance since the springs 10 and 11. would not be operative unless flanges (Z may;

enter said recesses. j Y While only two segments are shown for the "compression-rim and bearing'rim, a

greater number of segments may be .employed if desiredforeach of these members. "lVhile I have shown and described leafsprings disposed in alternation longitudinallyand transversely of the tire, and pre- =fer this construction, I do notwish to'limit myself in this respect any further than the scope of the appended claim, and I may f rim 6.v It is not desirable,how-,

employ springs ct suitable form or arrangement interposed between bandft" and Among some of the vadvantag g es to'bede rived by use of the construction as described,

it may be stated that the parts are few and may pose of cleaning them, or I if one of the be conveniently manufactured, and they may be conveniently assembled. If it, is desired to separate the parts for the pursprings becomes "broken and it is desired to Y replace'the same withga new'one, the parts may be conveniently separatedjby removing one ofthe threaded pins it, after the-dustguards and eo'nipression rims "and tread 7 'havebeen removed. H I 1 Having fully described a invention what IQclaiman'd desire to securebyLetters Patent'is,'--" 1 A tire of the class described, comprising,

in combination with a tellyv provided with annularrecesses- 1n its sides open ng on 1ts periphery-- and yhaving facets on its sides inclined inwardly toward said recesses; a,

binding-rim upon" the telly provided with outWardly-proj ecting flanges; a bearing-rim having inwardly-projecting flanges-forengagement with the flanges of the bindingrim; a'tire carried by the bearing-rim;

springs disposed between the binding-rim and said bearing-rim; dust-guards formed as fiQXlblB, annular rims disposed; outwardly of said annularrecessesand tonnnn'guconvergent recesses adjacent to :thefacets of the telly; and a pluralityof keepers traversing the dust-guards and convergent recesses for longitudinally adjustablemountings in the telly, to move'the dust guards inwardly on said convergent recesses.-

In testimony whereof I have afii'xed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VVILLIAM M. NEVOTTI. Witnesses: 1 1 i HIRAM A. STURGES, t. ARTHUR STUReEsf V (hmies-of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Commissioner'ofratents,

Washington, ID. 63. 1 

